It’s Official: Khalid Blowing Up!
First things first: congrats to Khalid, who won the prestigious “Best New Artist” award last night on the MTV VMAs! His victory is hardly shocking, as the prolific 19-year-old artist has been ready to explode for a while — his current album, American Teen (Right Hand Music Group/RCA) is perched at No. 4 on the Billboard Top 200 — he wrote it while he was a senior in high school in El Paso, TX. Khalid’s voice can be heard on four songs in the Top 20 in U.S. Spotify — his current single, “Location,” (Top 30 at Pop), his next single, “Young Dumb & Broke” (currently moving up the Rhythm chart), Marshmello‘s “Silence,” and Logic‘s “1-800-273-8255” with Alessia Cara.
Last Friday night Khalid performed the first of three sold-out shows at Novo at L.A. Live, and, according to eyewitnesses, the crowd sang along to every word of every song! Afterwards, Khalid greeted a sizeable crowd of industry heavyweights, many of whom know Steve Resnik personally…
Back row, (l-r): Chris Patyk, PD, KEGY (Energy 103.7)/San Diego; RAMP‘s talented Mr. Resnik; Joe Riccitelli, EVP/GM, RCA Records; Cat Thomas, VP of Top 40 & Hot AC, Cumulus Media; Chris Ebbott, PD, 97.1 AMP Radio/Los Angeles and Mike Boccuzzi, RCA Regional Promotion Manager.
Front row, (l-r): Zach Sang, host of The Zach Sang Show; Michelle Boros, MD, KAMP (97.1 AMP Radio)/Los Angeles; Khalid, Kristin Yasuda, MD, Radio Disney; Danny Cooper, VP of Pop Promotion, RCA and Austin Bessey, Programming Coordinator, Radio Disney.
